NO MACEDONIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,134	19	157	+ 978
HIV/AIDS	2	952	61	0	+ 952
Coronary Heart Disease	3	852	2	4,420	- 3,568
Stroke	4	679	1	5,521	- 4,842
Birth Trauma	5	638	48	7	+ 631
Road Traffic Accidents	6	588	24	107	+ 481
Malaria	7	570	78	0	+ 570
Low Birth Weight	8	560	28	73	+ 487
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	530	56	1	+ 529
Tuberculosis	10	377	35	32	+ 345
Congenital Anomalies	11	324	37	29	+ 296
Liver Cancer	12	319	13	260	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	13	292	54	2	+ 290
Liver Disease	14	274	15	218	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	15	245	4	1,104	- 858
Kidney Disease	16	225	9	516	- 291
Endocrine Disorders	17	195	44	12	+ 182
Meningitis	18	194	51	4	+ 190
Lung Disease	19	174	6	807	- 632
Violence	20	165	36	31	+ 134
Other Injuries	21	164	17	183	- 19
Hypertension	22	146	7	627	- 482
Cervical Cancer	23	123	31	68	+ 55
Asthma	24	113	33	53	+ 60
Suicide	25	95	16	196	- 100
Malnutrition	26	93	58	1	+ 92
Pertussis	27	84	50	4	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	75	30	71	+ 4
Falls	29	70	27	78	- 8
Drownings	30	58	41	18	+ 40
Fires	31	56	46	11	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	32	50	3	4,249	- 4,199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	48	32	56	- 8
Syphilis	34	46	62	0	+ 46
Epilepsy	35	36	38	23	+ 13
Poisonings	36	36	45	11	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	37	29	20	141	- 112
Lung Cancers	38	28	5	1,055	- 1,027
Drug Use	39	24	47	9	+ 15
Breast Cancer	40	22	11	386	- 364
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	43	13	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	42	19	79	0	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	43	17	14	259	- 242
Skin Disease	44	16	57	1	+ 15
Tetanus	45	16	75	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	46	12	49	7	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	47	11	10	455	- 444
Encephalitis	48	11	59	1	+ 11
Measles	49	11	74	0	+ 11
Alcohol	50	10	42	14	- 4
Lymphomas	51	10	25	96	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	9	8	560	- 551
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	12	267	- 262
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	34	45	- 41
Appendicitis	55	4	55	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	56	4	18	163	- 159
Other Neoplasms	57	2	40	19	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	39	21	- 19
Leukemia	59	2	22	114	- 112
Leishmaniasis	60	2	64	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	26	93	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	60	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	23	108	- 107
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	21	126	- 126
War	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	29	72	- 72
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Gambia

No Macedonia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.